All Africa (Free subscription) | 09/29/2008
The president of Somalia's Puntland regional government returned home Saturday after a weeks-long trip that included stopovers in Djibouti and Saudi Arabia, Radio Garowe reported.
News from TheMediaLine.org. (Free subscription) | 09/28/2008
The Horn of Africa, which includes Ethiopia, Somalia, Uganda, Kenya and Djibouti, is facing the worst humanitarian crisis since 1984, Peter Smerdon, a spokesman with the United Nations World Food Program (WFP) told The Media Line (TML). It is a regional crisis, worsened by the conflicts in Ethiopia and Somalia, as well as by rising food and fuel prices, Smerdon said. Due to little rain in the usually...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 09/26/2008
Egypt coach Hassan Shehata has recalled defender Amir Azmi to his side's squad for next month's World Cup\Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Djibouti.
BLACKFIVE (Free subscription) | 09/24/2008
A U.S. Air Force Pararescueman assigned to the 82nd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron jumps from the back of an HC-130 King aircraft during a search and rescue exercise off the coast of Camp Lemonier, Djibouti, Sept. 11, 2008. U.S. Air Force...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 09/22/2008
Three days of peace negotiations between the Somali interim government and an opposition faction ended Sunday without an agreement, Radio Garowe reported.
Geostrategy (Free subscription) | 09/22/2008
The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved a three-year, SDR 12.72 million (about US$20 million) arrangement under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility (PRGF) for Djibouti in support of the government’s economic program and its poverty reduction strategy. The decision allows for an immediate disbursement to Djibouti of an amount equivalent to SDR 3.864 million (about...
People Daily (Free subscription) | 09/22/2008
Two key committees set up as part of a United Nations-brokered accord aiming to bring peace to war-torn Somalia have wrapped up their second round of meetings in neighboring Djibouti, a press release said Sunday. At the talks, participants discussed practical ways to carry out the June agreement, according to the press release posted on the UN's website. The secretary-general's special representative,...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 09/20/2008
Cabinet sources in Somalia's Transitional Federal Government (TFG) have confidentially told Somali news agency Garowe Online that the ongoing peace talks in Djibouti are being attended by "a faction of the government."
All Africa (Free subscription) | 09/19/2008
The United Nations Special Representative for Somalia, Mr. Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah, held a press conference Friday in Djibouti where he discussed piracy and an Islamist militia's threat to shut down Mogadishu's international airport.
Net News Publisher (Free subscription) | 09/19/2008
The European Union has mandated Spanish military aircraft to patrol the waters off the coast of Somalia to protect ships from pirates, officials confirmed Thursday. According to the Spanish Defense Ministry, the aircraft will carry 90 Spanish soldiers and will operate from a base in Djibouti. The plane, a P-3 Orion, is charged with collecting information on [...]
All Africa (Free subscription) | 09/19/2008
The situation on the Djibouti-Eritrean border remains volatile after a flaring of tensions on the border in June left over 35 dead and dozens wounded, a United Nations fact-finding mission reported today.
UN Dispatch (Free subscription) | 09/18/2008
Back in June, clashes between the regular armed forces of Djibouti and Eritrea left scores of people dead. At the time, little was known about what sparked the fighting and which side was to blame. Djibouti claimed that Eritrean soldiers...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 09/18/2008
A conference attended by interim Somali Prime Minister Nur "Adde" Hassan Hussein and opposition chief Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed was postponed Wednesday after Ethiopia's ambassador to Djibouti entered the talks venue, Radio Garowe reported.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 09/18/2008
A United Nations-chaired international group of countries and organizations supporting the consolidation of peace in conflict-wracked Somalia has met in neighbouring Djibouti to discuss how to put a recent reconciliation agreement by the Horn of Africa nation's warring political groups into practice.
People Daily (Free subscription) | 09/18/2008
Western and African diplomats have decried the ongoing violence in Somalia and urged the parties to stick to the recently-signed peace agreement between Somalia's interim government and rivals. A communique by the International Contact Group (ICG) which held its first meeting in Djibouti under the chairmanship of the UN top envoy for Somalia on Tuesday, urged the parties to the Djibouti Agreement to...
